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Posted by: kkinney Sep 4 2007, 12:53 AM

Hi- I'm a biology professor at DePauw university in Greencastle, IN, USA. I am trying to do a lecture on mammalian size an allometry, and decided to use rhinos rather than the standard elephant. I am looking around for several key vital stats: Resting heart rate in an adult Respiration rate Resting metabolic rate (or, failing that, a good description of caloric needs per day) Normal body temperature I am scanning around for these, but, as usual, left this until near crunch time, so thought I'd ask you all directly- any answers deeply appreciated! Kevin Kinney

Posted by: Willem Sep 5 2007, 03:25 PM

Kevin, I found the following notes that might answer your questions: http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/index.php?s=1&act=refs&CODE=note_detail&id=1165248241&highlite=resting%20heart%20rate http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/index.php?s=1&act=refs&CODE=note_detail&id=1165248243&highlite=respiration%20rate http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/index.php?s=1&act=refs&CODE=note_detail&id=1165248245&highlite=body%20temperature Most references are about immobilizing rhinos but some usefull numbers can be found. you can try your own searches by using this http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/index.php?s=1&act=refs&CODE=notes_form hope this helped! Willem